Osaka Expo '70

Progress and Harmony for Mankind Expo '70 was a world's fair held in Suita, Osaka, Japan, between March 15 and September 13, 1970. The theme of the Expo was "Progress and Harmony for Mankind." In Japanese, Expo '70 is often referred to as Osaka Banpaku (大阪万博). This was the first world's fair held in Japan. The Expo had the highest visitor numbers of any world expo in history with 64 million visitors. Its architectural design presented utopian architectural viewpoints and foreshadowed future tendencies in architecture including tensile constructions, metabolistic structures, neo-historic and symbolic styles. Matshushita Electric donated a time capsule that is to be opened in the year 6970. The master plan for the Expo was designed by the Japanese architect Kenzo Tange with help by 12 other Japanese architects who designed elements within it. Bridging the site along a north/south axis was the Symbol Zone, planned on three levels it was primarily a social space which had a unifying spa